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- While many celebrated the launch of the musical, which focuses on the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton, some criticized the production for ignoring the horrors of slavery and glorifying slave-owning historical figures. Miranda acknowledged the backlash on Twitter, writing, "All the criticisms are valid."
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Jul 2, 2020 · Some historians say Miranda’s musical inflates Hamilton’s antislavery credentials, painting him as a "revolutionary manumission abolitionist" when, they say, he was less progressive on the...
Jul 6, 2020 · The counterpoint to that criticism, and one that Miranda has pointed out on his own Twitter feed, is the argument that Hamilton was a star-making vehicle for non-white actors who've often had a harder time finding equal opportunities on the Broadway stage.
Jul 3, 2020 · Unraveling this question requires understanding Hamilton as the messy, mutable product of two masters: its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the constantly roiling cultural context in...